| Description |
xxxiii, 709 pages, 110 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Audience |
Grades 9-12. |
| Contents |
Part 1 : Introduction to economics. Exploring economics -- Comparing economic systems -- Making economic decisions -- Part 2 : Supply and demand : fundamental forces in markets. The demand for goods and services -- The supply of goods and services -- Prices and quantities : putting supply and demand together -- Part 3 : Market efficiency and welfare. Business organizations -- Market structure -- Market failure and government failure -- Part 4 : Applications of microeconomics. Taxes : the price of a functioning government -- Labor markets -- Personal finance : managing your money -- Part 5 : Macroeconomics. Macroeconomic performance -- Unemployment and inflation -- Fiscal policy -- Money, banking, and financial markets -- The Federal Reserve system and monetary policy -- Part 6 : International trade and development. Trade and the global economy -- Economic development and global challenges -- Personal finance handbook -- Skills handbook -- Glossary/Glosario. |
| Summary |
Knowing that general/introductory economics is often the only economics course many students will ever take, this esteemed author team endeavors to connect students to economics through the world around them. Explorations in Economics introduces high school students to the here-and-now of economic ideas and applications, involving the students in the active exploration of the economic principles that will drive their decision-making as consumers, workers, and citizens. - Publisher. |
| Subject |
Economics -- Textbooks.
|
|
Economics. (OCoLC)fst00902116
|
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
|
| Added Author |
Anderson, David A. (David Anton), 1964-
|
| ISBN |
9780716701071 |
|
0716701073 |
|
